Work Cover Test

If you’re seeking employment and need to ensure your auditory health meets thenecessary standards, our work cover test at Enhanced Hearing is designed to assess yourhearing capabilities in a work environment.

At Enhanced Hearing, we offer comprehensive baseline hearing tests to establish astarting point for your auditory health. This is especially beneficial for individualsentering the workforce or those required to undergo periodic assessments.

It is important for work places that are often consider noisy to conduct WorkCover hearing test to ensure that conditions of your workplace aren’t affecting your employees hearing. 

All new employees are required to take a baseline hearing test within the first 12 months of their employment, which is regardless of their position or if the employee is wearing a hearing protection. This test is most commonly known as WorkCover hearing test. It is the employers responsibility to ensure that the baseline and subsequent tests are conducted for the employees.Explore your hearing health with our user-friendly and informative self-hearing test available on our website. It’s a convenient way to gauge your hearing abilities in the comfort of your own space.

For individuals involved in physically demanding work environments, our specialized workcover hearing test is designed to assess and address hearing concerns that mayarise due to occupational factors.

Baseline Test:

The initial audiometric test that determines a worker’s baseline or overall percentage loss of hearing is a baseline hearing test. In order to estimate the likely severity of their occupational hearing loss and any potential compensation, all of their future tests will be compared to this result.

A baseline comprehensive audiological examination may be required of you as part of the baseline hearing test, however this is only necessary for a small number of portion of employees and Enhanced Hearing will notify you about it.

Follow up Hearing Test:

After a baseline hearing test, employees may request in writing for yearly follow-up hearing tests from their employer. Employers are advised to offer routine audiometric testing to monitor any changes in hearing loss and reduce the likelihood of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) compensation claims, even if subsequent tests are only required when requested by a worker.

If the follow up test reveal that the employee has a hearing loss greater than 10%, Enhanced hearing will notify both the employee and employer. A full comprehensive test would be required to determine if the employee is qualified for a Noise Induced Hearing loss (NIHL) compensation from the employee. 

Protect yourself from the risks of occupational hazards, such as noise-induced hearing loss, by undergoing regular hearing assessments. Our work cover services at Enhanced Hearing address potential concerns and provide solutions to maintain optimal auditory health in the workplace.

We offer a free and comprehensive work cover referral program to those eligible for potential compensation due to work related hearing loss. Contact us to learn more.

Visit Us for more information on how we can assist you in meeting your occupational hearing health requirements.

For individuals involved in physically demanding work environments, our specialized work cover hearing test is designed to assess and address hearing concerns that may arise due to occupational factors.